Cannes 2008: Tarantino Announces Next Project

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WW2 project to get 2009 release?

By Orlando Parfitt

News on Quentin Tarantino's long-mooted, eagerly anticipated WWII movie Inglorious Bastards has been pretty thin on the ground in the last couple of years, with the project seemingly stuck in the dreaded 'development hell' - or writing phase.

That all changed in Cannes this year, with the Pulp Fiction director telling a French TV show that Inglorious Bastards will not only be his next outing, but that filming is imminent.

He said: "The next movie I'm doing is my World War II movie. I just finished up the first draft of the script and when I go home I'll be finishing it up and if all goes well, I will be here, in Cannes, in 2009 with Inglorious Bastards!"

Quentin Tarantino - we assume in fancy dress.

The title is taken from the American name given to the 1977 Italian war movie Quel maledetto treno blindato, but instead of a straight remake, Tarantino intends Inglorious Bastards to be an homage to both the movie and other war fare including The Dirty Dozen, Cross of Iron and The Great Escape .

QT wouldn't offer up any more info, but nonetheless, this news is rather exciting. What do you think?